Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States

Author/Owner:
J. Fargione, D. Haase, O. Burney, O. Kildisheva, G. Edge, S. Cook-Patton, T. Chapman, A. Rempel, M. Hurteau, K. Davis, S. Dobrowski, S. Enebak, R. De La Torre, A. Bhuta, F. Cubbage, B. Kittler, D. Zhang, R. Guldin

Date Published:
February 2021

Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Publications

Resource Description:
This peer-reviewed publication imagines a scenario where by 2040, 26 million hectares of natural and agricultural lands are reforested with 30 billion trees at a cost of $33 billion USD. Through this example, the authors evaluate the ecological and operational challenges today that would stand in the way of acheiving that imagined future.


Primary Reforestation Topic
Climate Change Adaptation

Keywords
N/A

Intended User(s)
Federal land manager, Private industrial land manager or owner, Private landowner, Research scientist, State land manager

Region(s)
CA Southern, CA Coastal, CA Sierra Nevada, CA Northern Inland, Nationwide

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